Cape Conroe

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11:00 pm CDT, Saturday, April 9, 2011

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DOROTHA RUTHSTROM

DOROTHA RUTHSTROM

Cape Conroe

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On March 31, four area high school drama clubs met at Magnolia High School for one act play UIL competition. Of the four, two clubs advanced to next level. They were Magnolia High School and Montgomery High School. Congratulations to both.

I was in attendance at the March 31 event by special invitation as my grandson, Nick Patton, has a role in the Magnolia High School play “All My Sons” that is advancing on to Area (next level). Those kids did a wonderful job presenting that highly emotional Arthur Miller play to a finale with such power that left many in the audience in tears. I did not see the Montgomery High School presentation “The Survivor,” however, my grandson said it was a very strong performance with participants challenged with difficulty of incorporating Jewish and German dialects in their speech.

Now, these two schools will face two winning schools from another District at Area and then only two of them will advance to Regional. Big congratulations to all students who go the extra mile to spend the many hours in rehearsals for such competitions, the dedicated teachers who guide and direct and the judge who has the nail-biting job of weighing criteria and reaching objective decisions. You’re all to be applauded!

Condolences are extended to the family of long-time Cape Conroe resident Ralph Powell who passed away recently after a long illness.